What are the type of viruses that go in aim boxes as text links?

I just got one (text line) and i clicked it because it asked How does this picture look for my profile? and I thought my firend asked that. Then the picture started downloading but I stopped it. Do you know what those types are called?

What are the type of viruses that go in aim boxes as text links?triumph

They used to be called "Floggers". They record keystrokes and email your login and password to someone who sends spam bulkmail using your email.

What are the type of viruses that go in aim boxes as text links?worms

I suggest that you try to carryout system restore to a day previous to the day when there was no virus. The problem is likely to be solved. Then,You insatll a standard antivirus soft ware such as Norton, AVG , Avast ( free antivirus software and Ad-aware, Ewido ( free spyware removers). You can download free softwares at

http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
Dont click on a link that ends in .exe ! This runs a program on your computer, and you don't know what it is.

Some people will try to trick you into doing it anyway by making the link so long you can't see the .exe. So if you cant see that the end of the line is .html or .hml for a web page or .jpg or .tiff or .bmp or .gif for a picture, don't click!